Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw: Innovative Techniques and Complete Plans for 31 Projects (Fox Chapel Publishing) Step-by-Step Instructions and Full-Size Woodworking Patterns for Scroll Sawyers - Softcover

Diana L. Thompson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565232127 ISBN 13: 9781565232129

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Your guide to creating custom wooden boxes on your scroll saw!

• 31 projects with plans for custom wooden boxes on the scroll saw
• Step-by-step instructions accompanied by color photographs
• Tips and tricks on tools, wood choices, and finishing techniques
• Full-size patterns are included for every project for ease of use
• Author Diana Thompson, an avid scroller and designer, provides straightforward expert guidance

Learn how to make stunning gifts on your scroll saw!

Noted woodworking designer Diana Thompson brings you this must-have book for scrollers—Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw. You'll learn the basics to making beautiful wooden keepsake boxes—including tips on tools, wood choices, and finishing techniques.

Detailed instructions with helpful, sequenced photographs will walk you step-by-step through four different designs: Jewelry Box, Swan Music Box, Tiny Boxes, and Custom Lids. The projects are beginner-friendly while also providing new and exciting designs experienced woodworkers will enjoy.

Easy-to-follow directions show you how to create these classical and whimsical boxes on your scroll saw! Every design includes a color photograph of the finished product, overall dimensions, recommended wood type, full-size woodworking project patterns, and assembly instructions including stock and blade sizes used for each design.

Try your hand at all these beautiful projects:

• Tree of Life Box
• Pineapple Welcome Box
• Kokopelli Box
• Potpourri Box
• Cigar Box
• Kaleidoscope Box
• Ace of Spades Box
• Sunbonnet Sue Box

A dedicated section addresses using other common wood shop equipment and power tools such as bandsaws and a router. Thompson also introduces you to the colors, grains, and characteristics of common and exotic woods.

Create your own heirloom boxes with confidence using Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw!

About this title

About the Author

Diana Thompson is a professional scroll saw artist specializing in compound cutting design. She is the author of several compound design books for the scroll saw, including Compound Christmas Ornaments for the Scroll Saw, Compound Scroll Saw Creations, Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw, and Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make. She is a regular contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine.

From the Back Cover

Learn How to Make Stunning and Treasured Gifts on Your Scroll Saw!

From noted designer Diana Thompson comes her newest how-to book on scroll sawing—Custom Wooden Boxes for the Scroll Saw.

You'll learn the basics to making beautiful wooden keepsake boxes—including tips on tools, wood choices and finishing techniques. Easy-to-follow line drawings and color photographs will give you clear, step-by-step guides to four different designs:

• Jewelry Box
• Swan Music Box
• Tiny Boxes
• Custom Lids

This is followed by page after page of intriguing and beautiful patterns—including color photos each completed box. Inside you'll find more than 20 patterns for designs such as:

• Pencil Box
• Dolphin Box
• Tree of Life Box
• Potpourri Box
• Butterfly Box
• Double Heart Box
• Classic Round Box
• Whimsical Heart Box
• Holy Bible Box
• And much more!

Other books by Diana Thompson:

• Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make
  ISBN 1-56523-188-0
  Includes easy-to-cut compound patterns for 9 chess sets including instructions for a segmented chess board.
• Compound Christmas Ornaments for the Scroll Saw
  ISBN 1-56523-181-3
  Over 40 holiday patterns including a Santa centerpiece, reindeer, toy soldiers, a nativity scene & more.
• Compound Scroll Saw Creations
  ISBN 1-56523-170-8
  Make clocks, candlesticks & a wide array of creatures using compound techniques. Includes 40+ ready-to-use patterns.
• 3D Patterns for the Scroll Saw
  ISBN 1-56523-158-9
  Everything you need to get started on this exciting 3D cutting technique. 45 shop-tested, ready-to-use patterns. Step-by-step demonstrations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565232127
• ISBN 13: 9781565232129
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112